Practice Expertise

  • Energy, Infrastructure & Environment
  • Brownfield Development
  • Due Diligence and Risk Assessment in ...
  • Remediation - Superfund and Sediments

Areas of Practice

  • Brownfield Development
  • Due Diligence and Risk Assessment in ...
  • Energy, Infrastructure & Environment
  • Remediation - Superfund and Sediments
  • Due Diligence and Transaction Support
  • Emergency Response and Crisis Management
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Environmental & Natural Resources
  • Remediation
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Profile

Collaborative, results-driven environmental due diligence, remediation and redevelopment counsel

George Marek is an environmental and energy law attorney who advises corporate, municipal and individual clients of all sizes and in a variety of industries on remediation of Superfund and other contaminated properties. Always with an eye toward minimizing clients' environmental risk and managing costs, George focuses on:

  • Environmental due diligence and risk assessment for business and real estate transactions
  • Investigation, clean up and development of brownfields sites
  • Environmental regulatory compliance and enforcement matters

Clients appreciate that George has developed deep knowledge of their companies, which enables him to provide practical legal advice and to do so efficiently. They also like his focus on nurturing positive working relationships and building alliances among business people and regulators that facilitate productive conversations, negotiations and agreements.

Bar Admissions

  • Wisconsin

Education

  • Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1990)
  • Harvard University (B.A., magna cum laude, 1984)

Areas of Practice

  • Brownfield Development
  • Due Diligence and Risk Assessment in Transactions
  • Energy, Infrastructure & Environment
  • Remediation - Superfund and Sediments
  • Due Diligence and Transaction Support
  • Emergency Response and Crisis Management
  • Energy & Infrastructure
  • Environmental & Natural Resources
  • Remediation

Professional Career



Articles

  • "Evaluating and Managing Environmental Risk in Business Transactions"
  • "Evaluating and Managing Environmental Risk in Business Transactions: What Every Company Needs to Know"
  • "Out of Sight, Out of Mind: What Don’t You Know and When Should You Find Out?"
  • "Protecting Yourself from Environmental Liability before a Foreclosure: Wisconsin's Lender Liability Exemption and Other Tools"
  • "The Wisconsin Plant Recovery Initiative: A New Take on Brownfields"
  • "Vapor Intrusion: Pathways to Liability"
  • Draft Wisconsin Legislation Would Allow Water Public Utilities to Provide Financial Assistance to Replace Lead-Containing Service Lines
  • EPA Approves ASTM E1527-13 Phase I ESA Standard for All Appropriate Inquiry
  • EPA Approves ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESA Standard for All Appropriate Inquiry
  • EPA Finalizes Long-Awaited Pharmaceutical Hazardous Waste Rule
  • EPA Issues its Long-Awaited Proposal to Designate Certain PFAS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances
  • EPA Proposes to Accept Only ASTM Standard E1527-13 for AAI
  • EPA Releases PFAS Action Plan for Emerging Contaminants
  • EPA, Wisconsin DNR Continue Efforts Toward Regulating PFAS
  • Long-Awaited Reverse Distribution Rule Signals Big Changes for Healthcare Facilities, Reverse Distributors
  • New Phase I Standard ASTM E1527-21 Authorized for All Appropriate Inquiries Starting February 13, 2023
  • Potential Impacts from New ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
  • President Biden Begins to Tackle Climate Change and Environmental Justice through Executive Action
  • Speak Now or Hold Your Peace: Comment Period Begins for EPA’s Proposed Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule
  • The End of an Era - EPA Adopts Final Rule Accepting Only ASTM E1527-13 for AAI
  • USEPA Issues Interim COVID-19 Guidance for Environmental Cleanup Site Field Work Decisions
  • What to Expect from the Biden Administration: Key Environmental and Natural Resource Issues to Watch
  • Wis. PFAS Proposals Present Challenges For Businesses
  • Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Outlines its COVID-19 Environmental Compliance Process
  • Wisconsin DNR Launches Industrial and Commercial Facilities Recovery Initiative
  • Wisconsin DNR to Launch Industrial and Commercial Facilities Recovery Initiative
  • Wisconsin Plant Recovery Initiative: Grant and Technical Services Opportunities Expand as Program Matures
  • Wisconsin Plant Recovery Initiative: Grant and Technical Services Opportunities Expand as Program Matures
  • ​EPA Extends Comment Period for Proposed Hazardous Waste Pharmaceuticals Rule to December 24, 2015
  • “Legal Update: Conflict Mineral Rule"

Seminar

  • 2020 Virtual Legal Ethics Seminar
  • Business Law Training | Evaluating and Managing Environmental Risk in Business Transactions
  • Evaluating and Managing Environmental Risk in Business Transactions: What Every Company Needs to Know
  • Video Replay | 2020 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar
  • Video Replay | 2020 Annual Legal Ethics Seminar

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